Provider name:

Midlands Technical College

Provider description:

Midlands Technical College is a public community college located in South Carolina. It serves the Midlands region and offers a wide range of academic programs, including associate degrees, diplomas, and training certificates. MTC focuses on providing accessible education and workforce training to help students achieve their career goals.

Program name:

Pharmacy Technician - CE

Program description:

Pharmacy technicians work under the supervision of registered pharmacists to prepare drugs and fill prescriptions. With certificate program available at MTC, students will gain classroom, online, and experiential learning in local pharmacies and hospital systems. The Pharmacy Technician Certificate (Community) provides pharmacy technician training with an application to community practice. The program teaches students proper pharmacy operations under the supervision of registered pharmacists. The curriculum combines classroom, online, and experiential learning with duties carried out by pharmacy technicians in preparing drugs, filling prescriptions, pricing, patient profiles, drug calculations, controlled substances, and other pharmacy-related activities. Learning experiences for students in the Pharmacy Technician Certificate (Community) Program are provided online, in classrooms, and in a simulated non-dispensing pharmacy on the Airport Campus in the Health Sciences Building. Required clinical experiences (externships/internships) are arranged through affiliations with local pharmacies. Under the direction of registered pharmacists, professional technicians prepare medication in various forms for dispensing to patients. Entering and extracting accurate information from patient profiles and other data requires knowledge of medications, inventory, purchasing, equipment operation and record keeping as it relates to Pharmacy. Pharmacy technicians develop expertise in preparing medications for dispensing.

Program URL:

https://www.midlandstech.edu/programs-and-courses/health-care/community-pharmacy-technician

Description of business partnerships:

Year first offered:

2026

Student teacher ratio:

1:7

If any, what are the prerequisites for this program?

Combination of Education and Course(s)

Total Cost:

$4995.00